Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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